Under the Bark Where the good stuff is, peel it back or use it as an accent. Newsletter for June, 2015 Club officers for 2015 President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Susan McCoy Brian Malnar Kevin Johnson Trudy Webb Advisory Board Aaron Cornell Rich Froelich Librarian: Directory: Web: Newsletter: Casey Goold Rich Howard Marlene Knopp Don Thompson Casey Goold Ellis & Marcia Miller
Demonstration by Wayne Rexford Finials Wayne started his demonstration by reminding everyone that he is a retired math teacher. He prepared a math lesson for us. Wayne asked, How do you divide a fraction in half. Wayne, I get my construction calculator out. But Wayne had a simple way to figure out the half of any fraction. Then he added how to figure out the half of a whole number with a fraction. Wayne said there would be a quiz later. Can t get the teacher out of him, but onto his lesson on finals. Wayne said there will be a pop quiz later. Wayne brought several Christmas ornaments that he has made and the finals that he attached. Picture #1 Picture #2 Picture #3 Picture #4 2
Wayne also brought in a scoop and the jig he made to mount the scoop, and a offset pendent jig. Wayne drilled two 5/16 holes, 3/8 on center. Wayne said that he will make inside out turnings (page 2, pictures #1,3 and 4) as well as hollowed ornaments (page 2, picture #2). On page 2, picture #3 Wayne added some veneer to the outside of the turning for a different look. The ornament in picture #2 rattles. When Wayne hollowed it, he wanted everyone to know it was hollow, so he put some dried beans inside the ornament. As light as that ornament is, I think almost everyone would know it was hollowed out, and not solid wood. From concept, wood selection, design and turning, this is a first class ornament. Excellent job Wayne! Wayne made his own drive center for turning the ornaments. He used a 1/4 bolt and ground a spur on one end. He uses a drill chuck to hold the custom made spur. Wayne gets idea s for finials from the front legs of antique furniture, fellow turners or from doodling to make his own designs. 3
He will make different finials and fit them into a turned ornament to see how they look. If the finial looks heavy with the ornament, you can adjust it right away. If the finial doesn't look big enough for the ornament, you can make a new one at that point. Then Wayne said, What is half of 1 7/8?. Several people quickly came up with the answer. He then went on to talk about how he holds his reverse turned finials in a chuck. Then Wayne said, What is half of 37 5/8? Where is my calculator? Oh well, someone please, pop up with the answer. A few words of advise from Wayne, when sanding reverse turned projects, be sure to use a strip of sand paper from a roll. Wayne, thank you for a great demonstration. I have committed to making some Christmas ornaments and you have got the thought process started. I was not considering a reverse turned ornament, but now I will look at it more. Here are a few other pictures of things Wayne used in his demonstration. 4
Show and Tell Aaron Cornell brought in a ball jig that he made. Aaron laminated plywood together to make the frame. He went to School Supply in Boise and bought one foot of key stock. He mounted a round easy-wood cutter on the key stock. He built a base to fit his lathe. He used two bearings, top and bottom that are held in place by a bolt. Results are a very good ball jig. Aaron made a chuck for his vacuum chuck to hold the balls for finish turning. One of the balls is on top of the chuck. Another project from Aaron s ball jig. Golf anyone? 5
Ken Smith got very busy with his Sorby spiral tool, and completed two excellent projects. The wood is Osage Orange. The pictures below are on a Maple bowl using the texturing tool. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Pickrell made the vases. They are 11 inches high. To quote John, I gave birth to two more vases. John, was it a hard delivery? Excellent vases John, and thank you for sharing with the club. 6
Danny Kunz brought in three pieces, a small goblet, a larger goblet and a lidded box. The small goblet to the right has a quarter in front of it. The wood is Lignum Vitae. This goblet is a little larger than the above goblet. It is made from flowering plum. The lidded box is made from flowering plum. While Danny was turning the box he had a crack develop. Danny used a Dremel tool to widen the crack. He then filled the crack with brass filings. Thin CA glue was put on the filing and sanded until finished. Danny, I have tried to do some very small piece s, but I always found it hard to get a good balance between the top and base, not much room to get it right; easy to get it wrong. You have done an excellent job. Keep up the good work and thanks for showing your work and explaining your technique for repairing a crack. 7
Rich Froehlich continues with his casting venture. A friend of his sent him some heat treated sage brush. Rich cast different colors with a piece of wood in the mold. The results were a beautiful handle on the ice cream scoop and bottle stopper. Rich, does this mean you will be serving ice cream at our next meeting, or how about the picnic?. Rich put a Banksia pod in the center of the bud vase. While Rich was turning the vase, he had to keep taking off the surface of the Banksia pod which resulted in the concave taper on the outside. Rich designed in a glass vase tube, so you can put water in the vase for the flowers. Rich, it is great to see you expanding out from pens. Your casting work got really good, really fast. Thank you for showing your work. 8
Susan is going to attend the AAW symposium in Pa. this year. The women in turning group decided to make eggs to auction off. Susan brought in several eggs that she was making, and some of them failed. You can see the progression of the eggs. Remember Wayne s demo? He started with an idea and progressed with the idea until he had a finished project. This is how all of the top turners develop a project. What you see displayed is not the first one they have made. The lessons learned from Wayne and Susan made it well worth attending the meeting. Same egg, different views. Susan was given a couple of boxes of free wood. She found a nice piece of purple heart and she decided to make a satchel with a wood clasp on the top. She cut it in half and glued it together with newspaper (she learned she should have used brown paper from a shopping bag) so she could separate them after turning the handle. Susan got so excited about finishing the ends, she cut off the end pieces that she planned to use to split the two pieces. She found it was hard to break the glue joint. She soon figured out that she could open the glue joint with a chisel, then hide the damage with the satchel cloth; problem solved. A highly skilled artist like Susan can solve her problems and you never see it. 9
Bowl exchange Don Thompson made the bowl for the bowl exchange. Wow, what a neat bowl. Creative juices overflowing with this one. Don mounted the wood using a screw chuck drilled into one of the corners. 10
Raffle fun Birch, Diagonal cut pen blanks Point tool Point tool Cedar pen blanks Shop lamp Cherry Walnut pen blanks Honey locust pen blanks Parting tool Magnet on a extension shaft 11
Happy raffle winners There is another winner who s picture I didn t get who was the winner of the bowl exchange; sorry. 12
Monte's visit Monte showing the bottle opener template Template with the bottle openers Woodcraft is now carrying the Razertip line of pyrographic tools T-handle storage box. Quality woodturning tools Credit card size diamond sharpeners 2 piece diamond sharpening set. Quality woodturning tools; great price s. Credit card size diamond sharpeners 13
Club business Marlene said that she is still looking for the Richard Raffan, Turning Wood CD. It has been missing for many month s. All fine s for the CD s return have been waved. Please return the CD to Marlene at the next meeting. The club has an excellent library of CD s and book s that are available for any club member to check out. A list of what is available is on the web site. See Marlene before the meeting to check out items. Please return the item at the next meeting. There is no charge for the first month. If you fail to bring back the item after the first month, there will be a $5.00 late fee for each month you have the item. Micheal Kingsley will be giving a seminar at Woodcraft on sketch-up, and how it will help in woodturning. The seminar will cost $5.00 and will last about two hours. The summer picnic will be at Micheal Kingsley s house on Aug. 15 at 4:00 PM. It will be a pot luck. More information at the next meeting. There will not be a club meeting in Aug. 14